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I am a writer of adventure stories (although this is not an official category my writing spans YA, NA, Speculative Fiction, and Romance) who taught high school English in a past life.

I am a freelance writers and editor who loves giving creative writing workshops and advising about the self-publishing landscape. I'll have 3 books published in my Chronicles of Xannia series as of April 2017, 3 non-fic industry publications, three short stories in two anthologies, and one essay on the believability factor in fiction writing in a guide to writing.

I am a mother and a wife with an OCD bent toward organization - but I hate cleaning and anything related to it, so I'm definitely not a housekeeper! ;)

I learned how to shoot an olympic bow when I was in high school and I look forward to taking it up again in the future.

I enjoy playing adventure games on my PSIII, X-Box 360, and Wii.

I have a quick mind and a good sense of humour but I am not a humourous person, though I try.

• Book Marketing and Publicity Tool Kit – 2015

  By M.J. Moores on December 24, 2015 • ( 0 )

  

  The great folks at BookMarketingBuzzBlog have been kind enough to round up their top blogs from this year for helping with Marketing and Publicity in the Book World. Here’s a sample of what they offer: The Best Seller Book Marketing… Read More ›

• Editing Tip # 116 – Question Everything

  By M.J. Moores on December 21, 2015 • ( 2 )

  

  Whether you’re a planner or a pantser, it’s important to both ask and answer those hard questions about your newly completed novel (or even that one you’re dusting off). Does it make sense? Where might a reader get lost? Why?… Read More ›

• Author Spotlight – Akaolisa Chukwuebuka. E

  By M.J. Moores on December 19, 2015 • ( 0 )

  

  Behind the Scenes with Philosophical Poet Emmanuel Akaolisa I was immersed with a poem I was typing when in a flash I saw my twin sister beside me, trying to read my work. I was like, “Oh, you shouldn’t read this… Read More ›

• Fiction Friday #35 – Before the New Moon Rises / YA Fantasy

  By M.J. Moores on December 18, 2015 • ( 0 )

  

  Excerpt From BEFORE THE NEW MOON RISES By Cathy Hird Prologue The knife sparked as Aphoron slid it along the granite top of the palace guard wall, honing the bronze blade to a killing edge. The rasping sound matched the… Read More ›

• New Book Promotion Features for 2016 – New Books in a Series

  By M.J. Moores on December 17, 2015 • ( 2 )

  

  Publicity Tip #112 ~ Here’s a great option for any of you who are currently writing a series 🙂 Stop on by Smorgasbord – Variety is the Spice of Life and check it out. If you’re willing to “pay if… Read More ›

• A Fart in Winter and Other Poems by Emmanuel Akaolisa

  By M.J. Moores on December 16, 2015 • ( 0 )

  

  ~ A Fart in Winter    It was freezing. We could have bargained for oil, Or even dug for coal; Conflicts could have gingered us. We may burn from attacks But as we live, in silence, The air’s colourless fire… Read More ›

• Editing Tip #115 – Tidying This and “That” for the Big Day

  By M.J. Moores on December 14, 2015 • ( 0 )

  

  No, I’m not talking about doing your dusting before friends and family come over for the holidays; I’m talking about this one particular little word “that” 95% of the time can be eliminated from your sentences. It’s true. We just… Read More ›

• Editing Tip #114 – Avoid This Redundancy “In Order To” Keep Your Prose Healthy

  By M.J. Moores on December 7, 2015 • ( 2 )

  

  There are a plethora of ways we authors add extra words, phrases, and sentences that aren’t necessary to the context of our writing. Take my title for today – the first three words after the numbered editing tip say enough…. Read More ›

• Interview with Dark Poet Lynn Gerrard

  By M.J. Moores on December 6, 2015 • ( 22 )

  

  I’d like to welcome Lynn Gerrard to Infinite Pathways today to chat about her first book Darkness and Decadence – the Grumblings of a Gargoyle and other authorly interests. Lynn Gerrard was born in St Helens, Merseyside, where she now lives… Read More ›

• Fiction Friday #34 – Imprisoning A Duel Discord / Fantasy

  By M.J. Moores on December 4, 2015 • ( 2 )

  

  Excerpt From IMPRISONING A DUEL DISCORD By Louise Findlay Psycha What had Caleb gotten himself into this time? We were discords for music’s sake. We couldn’t strike back against Harmony if we ran, and be damned if he got caught…. Read More ›